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    Jimi Hendrix

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    either a cocaine addiction or bipolar disorder. I believe that his lyrics reveal his lack of pleasure in the music he once loved. The words “turn myself off” and “go on down‚ all the way down” are signs of severe depression or suicide. (Song‚ 2013) There is no mention of delusions of grandeur or uncontrollable rapidly changing thoughts which are symptoms of bipolar disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR (2000). Psychoactive substances‚ such as cocaine‚ mock symptoms of manic depression. Cocaine provides

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    Wyoming

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    INTRODUCTION My state is Wyoming and it has much farm land. Wyoming was named and discovered July 10‚ 1890. It was the 44th state in the union! It’s three top nicknames are Cowboy state‚ Equality state‚ and the Big Wyoming. The capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne and is one of the major cities along with Casper and Jackson. Wyoming is like a big plateau and is divided with many mountain ranges. It is located in the northern western area near the states Montana‚ Colorado‚ Idaho‚ Utah‚ South Dakota‚ and

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    mild legal forms like caffeine to severe illegal drugs like methamphetamines. Each type has different effects at different levels and all can be lethal if taken in excessive quantities. The first type is the cocaine family which consists of cocaine HCL‚ cocaine freebase or crack‚ and cocaine paste. Then there are a wide arrange of amphetamines which are synthetic versions of the ephedra plant like Adderall which is used to help with ADHD (attention deficit hyper activity) symptoms (Inaba & Cohen

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    Native American female admitted with the diagnosis of Cellulitis. Her chief complaint of fever and vomiting that started at 1600 on 11/2/2016 with pain‚ swelling and redness in the right and left forearm. Patient reported shooting up Opana and using cocaine in the last 12 hours. Patient cleans her needles with Clorox and believes she may have injected Clorox into her right forearm. She also reports pain in the left forearm as well. The patient has no known drug allergy‚ no past medical history‚ but does

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    Jeff was mesmerized by the discussion of the forts‚ Indians‚ and Comacheria. Talking to Jeff they could see the excitement in his eyes‚ so they told him that if he ever got the courage up to come out they would give him a job with their company‚ the Saw-Horned Cattle Company. Cattle rustling was a big problem in the region‚ and so to distinguish their cows from others they would simply saw the long-horns off rather than branding them‚ hence the name. (Haley‚ 17) This lit a fire inside of Jeff

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    Drugs in Islam

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    diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being."[3] Some of the commonly used drugs are: Caffeine Alcohol Nicotine Cannabis Cocaine Amphetamine Nitrites‚ poppers Cocaine Ecstasy LSD Magic mushrooms Solvents (aerosols‚ gases and glues) Minor tranquillizers (not prescribed) Heroin Crack cocaine Methamphetamine People use drugs for recreation‚ as a source of fun. It leads to many harmful symptoms like: hyperactivity‚ agitation‚ mood swings‚ irritability

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    them have a very short memory‚ and you can tell the drugs have made them a lot slower by how they talk‚ or answer questions. They have a very slow reaction to everything you ask them or talk to them about. Most people who use crystal meth or crack cocaine‚ or coke usually lose a substantial amount of weight loss they are so addicted to the drugs that they are on they forget about simple things like cleaning their house‚ taking care of their kids‚ and also watching them‚ they are so addicted to the

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    At 14‚ I was using marijuana about three times a day and I was using LSD at least once every two days. By the time I was 17‚ I was no longer using marijuana and LSD. I had moved on to harder and more destructive drugs. I was using amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis by the age of 17 years of age. I was abusing drugs behind my family’s backs for years. I stayed clean for about eight and a half years‚ until one day I started using amphetamines once again and eventually started using crack‚ as well

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    The Drug Overdose Problem

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    effects of cocaine?” it says that cocaine immediately affects after a single dose under minutes or hours. Little amounts of cocaine can make the user feel energetic‚ high alert. Also it can make the user feel hypersensitive to sight‚ sound‚ and touch. Short-term effects to physical health lead to constricted blood vessel‚ dilated pupils‚ and increase body temperature. Huge amounts of cocaine can make the the abuser high but also lead to bizarre‚ erratic‚ and violent behavior. Info from some cocaine users

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    Trafficking In Colombia

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    “Colombia is currently the world’s principle producer and distributor of refined cocaine‚ the vast majority of which 70 percent is exported to the United States market. In 1999‚ the country refined approximately 520 metric tons of cocaine‚ representing roughly 80 percent of global production. Narcotics typically are produced in a three stage process. Coca leaves are first crushed and boiled with limewater and kerosene making coca paste. Coca paste is then mixed with sulphuric

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